σαμβύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Aramaic סַבְּכָא (sabbəḵā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sam.by̌ː.kɛː/ → /samˈby.ci/ → /samˈbi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sam.by̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /samˈby.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /samˈby.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /samˈby.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /samˈbi.ci/

Noun

σαμβῡ́κη • (sambū́kē) f (genitive σαμβῡ́κης); first declension

1. sambuca, a triangular musical instrument with four strings
2. sambuca, an engine of similar form used in sieges

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σαμβῡ́κη; τῆς σαμβῡ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σαμβῡ́κη hē sambū́kē	τὼ σαμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ sambū́kā	αἱ σαμβῦκαι hai sambûkai
Genitive	τῆς σαμβῡ́κης tês sambū́kēs	τοῖν σαμβῡ́καιν toîn sambū́kain	τῶν σαμβῡκῶν tôn sambūkôn
Dative	τῇ σαμβῡ́κῃ têi sambū́kēi	τοῖν σαμβῡ́καιν toîn sambū́kain	ταῖς σαμβῡ́καις taîs sambū́kais
Accusative	τὴν σαμβῡ́κην tḕn sambū́kēn	τὼ σαμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ sambū́kā	τᾱ̀ς σαμβῡ́κᾱς tā̀s sambū́kās
Vocative	σαμβῡ́κη sambū́kē	σαμβῡ́κᾱ sambū́kā	σαμβῦκαι sambûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σαμβῡκιστής (sambūkistḗs)

Descendants

• Latin: sambūca

Further reading

• “σαμβύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαμβύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN